In the early morning of the next day, the dissatisfied cavalry battalion under the leadership of Guo Qi set off here; The march came to a halt in an unnamed col more than sixty miles east of Qingshui City, and the army established a camp in the col; According to Guo Qi's requirements, the establishment of the camp is very particular, and it can be summed up in one sentence as 'attacking and retreating, and there is a water source inside'.

When night fell, it was pitch black except for a few sergeants patrolling with torches and a few lighted tents.

"Dad, what's wrong with you today? How can there be a big reversal of King Yong's attitude! "Zhao Yun came to Zhao Shejun's tent and asked;" And he also gave him the big tent of the Chinese army, and he lived in this partial tent. ”

"From today onwards, follow King Yong and learn a little." Zhao Shi looked at the map under the oil lamp, and said to Zhao Yun without even raising his head: "Is your kid okay, it's okay to patrol the camp." ”

"Then I'm leaving." Zhao Yun pursed his lips and said.

After Zhao Yun left, Zhao Shi put away the sheepskin map spread on the handsome case, got up and left his side tent, and went straight to Guo Qi's Chinese army tent.

The safety of Guo Qi's Chinese army tent was all taken care of by the more than 100 personal guards brought by Guo Qi; At first, Zhao Shi didn't pay much attention to these personal guards, but after two days of marching, Zhao Shi found that the quality of Guo Qi's individual guards was much higher than that of his own personal soldiers.

Zhao Shi once used the words of a personal guard, and when Zhao Shi knew that all the ordinary soldiers of the Yongjun army were like this, he was even more surprised; What kind of person is Zhao She, without saying a word, he took out all the information about the Yongjun's usual training, food, etc., from the mouth of the guard, and Zhao Shi sighed at that time: "I'm afraid there is no such strong army in the world." (note 1)

"Your Highness, the general is out asking to see you." A personal guard came in to report.

"Please come in, General!" Guo Qi lowered his head and said.

After Zhao Shi was invited in, he saw several people gathered around a square table, and Guo Qi was the focus of it.

"Now we have obtained the map of Qingshui City, and the situation in various places has been explained to you by this king just now." Guo Qi said to a few people: "According to our tip, Murong Chui and Murong Ke are both in the city, and the number of troops defending the city is unknown, according to this king's estimation, there are no more than 4,000 people at most;

Now the Xirong army in Qingshui City should not know that we have killed the city, you will take the two brothers to change into the clothes of the common people for a while, and go to the high ground outside Qingshui City to investigate and see how long the Xirong army defending the city will change. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, it's not the first time we've done this." Deputy Du Tong said with a smile.

"Be careful on the road, report something immediately! Go ahead! ”

After a few people left, Guo Qi saw Zhao Shi and said, "General, sit down!" It just so happens that this king has something to look for you! ”

"Your Highness has anything to do, just ask."

"Let's talk about it first!" Guo Qi smiled.

"The old minister came to ask His Highness how he plans to attack the city." Zhao Sheyan said: "But looking at the arrangement of His Highness just now, I must have a plan in my heart!" ”

"Ha, ha, ha......" Guo Qi said with a smile: "This king is looking for the general just to attack the city tomorrow." ”

"General, please see, this is the map of Qingshui City that this king obtained, which clearly shows the important locations of Qingshui City, such as the government office, barracks, and warehouse city...... This time, we did not bring siege equipment such as ladders and siege vehicles with us, so if we want to capture Qingshui City, we can only surprise our troops. ”

"Your Highness, you mean a night attack."

"Exactly, as long as we can take the East Gate, this battle will be won."

"Your Highness, if you want to take the city gates, there must be enough internal response in the city; According to the old minister's opinion, we must select an elite group of men and horses overnight, and let them sneak into Qingshui City in batches tomorrow, and wait for our army to attack to respond. ”

"General, don't think about sending people to sneak into the city, Qingshui City has been under martial law a few days ago, and you are not allowed to enter and leave at all."

"Then how does Your Highness plan to open the city gates?"

"This king will buy a pass first, and the general will naturally see it tomorrow." Guo Qi smiled and said, "Now this king will talk about the plan to attack the city; After entering the city at midnight tomorrow, Zhao Yun led 3,000 cavalry to attack the palace, and it was impossible to let anyone in the palace escape, but there were Murong Chui, the general of Xirong Zuo, and his son Murong Ke;

The general will lead 4,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Western Army camp in the city, if you can't attack it for a long time, just surround it, remember not to let the Xirong army in the camp rush out;

The king personally led his troops and horses to attack Cangcheng;

In addition, the general should be asked to issue an order that after entering the city, all sergeants shall not rape ** women, keep private property, and not set fire to the city; Anyone who commits any of the above three articles shall be sentenced to death. ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the old minister will live up to his mission." Zhao Shi commanded.

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Just when Guo Qi was preparing to attack Qingshui City, the 10,000 Yong army led by Tang Bi and Hou Ji in the north had already invaded Pingliang City, which was just a small city with low walls, and the defenders in the city did not expect that the Yong army would attack Pingliang, so in the face of the onslaught of 10,000 Yong troops, Pingliang quickly fell.

"General, we've taken control of the city." Hou Ji, who was carrying a bloody knife, came to Tang Bi and reported: "The losses of our army and the results of this battle are being counted, and a tribal chief from Xirong has also been captured. ”

"Yes! Bring him in, who was supposed to be interrogated himself. Tang Bi raised his eyebrows and said.

Seeing that it was an old man who was escorted in, Tang Bi asked: "Old man, I heard that you are the steward of this city, if you don't want to suffer from the flesh and blood, quickly tell me where you hid the gold, silver and jewelry, and the general will consider sparing your life." ”

"Despicable Qi people, don't daydream." The old man glared at Tang Bi angrily and said, "Pingliang is the property of our Kash tribe, you robbers will be punished by the gods sooner or later, and our Great Khan will not let you go." ”

"Dead ducks have hard mouths." Tang Bi said impatiently: "Brothers, let him be refreshed, when he will say it, when will it be counted." ”

In the end, the old man did not survive the torture, and before dawn he recruited everything.

Although the Kash tribe was only a small tribe of more than a thousand accounts, it was extremely wealthy, and no less than seven or eight hundred thousand taels of gold, silver and jewelry alone were seized, and there were also tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, thousands of horses, and tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass. The most important thing is the population; More than 20,000 Han Chinese slaves were rescued from the Kash tribe alone, which greatly exceeded Tang Bi's expectations.

Due to the next attack on Yinpan, it is simply unrealistic to bring so much grain and grass baggage, so Tang Bi had to take out a part of his troops to garrison Pingliang, so that he could send these grains and grass and the people to the Huating camp in batches, but since then, the troops in Tang Bi's hands have been somewhat insufficient.